Meitar Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Meitar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 244 | 1:158,326 | 20,297 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meitar (32) may also be a first name.
Meitar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meitar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meitar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺘﺎﺭ) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Meitar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meitar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meitar is the 980,795th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname Meitar occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Meitar are found; 93 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 32 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 158,326. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Laghouat Province, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Algeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 5 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meitar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meitar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺘﺎﺭ | mytar | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Meitar
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